Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2015

Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2015
Author: David Natali (OSE)
Publisher: ETUI
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2015-09-23
Genre: European Union countries
ISBN: 2874523747

The sixteenth edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play has a triple ambition. First, it provides easily accessible information to a wide audience about recent developments in both EU and domestic social policymaking. Second, the volume provides a more analytical reading, embedding the key developments of the year 2014 in the most recent academic discourses. Third, the forward-looking perspective of the book aims to provide stakeholders and policymakers with specific tools that allow them to discern new opportunities to influence policymaking. In this 2015 edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play, the authors tackle the topics of the state of EU politics after the parliamentary elections, the socialisation of the European Semester, methods of political protest, the Juncker investment plan, the EU’s contradictory education investment, the EU’s contested influence on national healthcare reforms, and the neoliberal Trojan Horse of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Social Policy in the European Union

Social Policy in the European Union
Author: Linda Hantrais
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780312237332

This book examines the interconnections between the social policy-making at European level and implementation. It draws on different disciplinary and methodological approaches to social policy analysis while remaining as comprehensive as possible in the country coverage. This extended new edition takes account of the momentous changes that have taken place in the EU since 1995, incorporating new material on membership, legislation, and policy developments and making reference to the latest literature on the subject.

The European Social Model in Crisis

The European Social Model in Crisis
Author: Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2015-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783476567

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the impact of the crisis and austerity policies on all elements of the European Social Model. This book assesses the situation in each individual EU member state on the basi

The European Social Model

The European Social Model
Author: Nick Adnett
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2005
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

The authors explore the development of the European Social Model & question whether the relatively high level of social protection provided, both in terms of social welfare provision & in the creation of workers' rights & employment regulation, is sustainable.

European Social Policy and Social Work

European Social Policy and Social Work
Author: Hans van Ewijk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1135198470

This book explores shifts in international social policies, looking at how they affect national trends and the context for social work practice. It investigates the responsibilities for social welfare held by the state, the market and civil society, elaborating a concept of citizenship-based social work.

Social Policy Developments in Greece

Social Policy Developments in Greece
Author: Elias Mossialos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351899368

In recent years there has been much debate surrounding the future of the welfare state in Europe, the complex factors influencing reform, and the extent to which responses to pressures on welfare could lead to irreversible systemic changes in social policy. By providing an in-depth analysis of social policy developments in Greece, this work furthers understanding of welfare reform trajectories in Europe. The authors thoroughly examine aspects of structural change, challenges and responses in major policy areas of employment, social security, family and gender, health and social care, and migration. Research issues central to the debate on 'recasting European welfare states', such as structural adjustments with regard to the production, organization and delivery of welfare, significant changes in the financial side of social protection, the role of political parties, the social partners and other major social actors in influencing (or resisting) policy reform, are at the forefront of the contributions to this volume. The scope and intensity of pressures on the Greek welfare state emanating from the supranational level and the challenges linked to European integration and economic and monetary union are also of crucial importance in the analyses undertaken.

Exploring European Social Policy

Exploring European Social Policy
Author: Robert R. Geyer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745666396

With the growing challenges of economic globalization and national welfare state retrenchment, the development and future of EU social policy has become increasingly important. This exciting new textbook provides a comprehensive, detailed and up-to-date overview of this contested area and examines whether EU social policy is strengthening or weakening European social policy regimes. The book begins with a general outline of the postwar development of EU social policy and its evolving relationship to the theory and practice of European integration. Then it provides a detailed and theoretically engaged description of the main areas of EU social policy including: labour, gender, anti-poverty, anti-discrimination, elderly, disability, youth, and public health policy. There is also a chapter exploring the social policy role of the structural funds, particularly the European Social Fund. The book concludes by arguing against both sides of the strengthening/weakening debate, calling for a more subtle analysis of the effects of EU social policy on national social policy regimes. This book is the most up-to-date and comprehensive available and offers the reader a detailed and accessible exploration of the area. It will be essential reading for anyone studying the EU or national social policy, as well as for practitioners in the field.

Social Policy in a Development Context

Social Policy in a Development Context
Author: T. Mkandawire
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2004-11-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230523978

Drawing upon both conceptual and empirical evidence, this volume argues the case for the centrality of social policy in development, focusing particularly on the message that social policy needs to be closely intertwined with economic policy. It is argued that social policy can provide the crucial link between economic development poverty eradication and equity. This volume is a significant contribution to thinking about social policy in a development context.

Double Standard

Double Standard
Author: James W. Russell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010-12-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442206594

The second edition of Double Standard analyzes how and why social policy and welfare states evolved differently in Western Europe and the United States. Exploring common social problems—from poverty to family support to ethnic and racial conflict—the book shows the disparate consequences to these different approaches. The new edition includes the latest available statistical information, an analysis of the 2010 health care reform in the United States, and a discussion comparing the social consequences of the recent recession in the U.S. and Europe.

EU Social Policy in the 1990s

EU Social Policy in the 1990s
Author: Gerda Falkner
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2003-07-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113472733X

This book offers an analytical overview of schools of thought on European integration which offer useful insights into EU social politics. Building on this framework, the chapters then examine in detail pre-Maastricht social policy and the 'social partners', the innovations of the Treaty itself, and where EU social policy stands at the end of the 1990s. Case studies of European Works Councils, parental leave, and atypical work, are included to highlight the day-to-day processes at work in social policy formation and the major interest groups and EU institutions involved. This is an up-to-date and accessible study which finds the social policy-making environment in the EU has become increasingly corporatist in the 1990s.